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Highlights of the Week
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 02/11/2012
» Led by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, the 23 new cabinet appointees were sworn in before His Majesty the King at Siriraj Hospital on Thursday and a special meeting of the cabinet scheduled for today, Friday.
Lottery farce continues to be PM's Achilles' heel
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 16/03/2015
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha was surely joking on Friday when he said during his weekly "Return Happiness to the People" monologue that he would scrap the lottery altogether if it becomes too messy.
Lottery price cap is a litmus test for NCPO credibility
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 18/08/2014
» In mid-July, the Krung Thep Poll by Bangkok University released the results of an opinion survey involving about 1,200 people whose views were gauged on how confident they were with efforts by the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) to solve the problem of overpriced lottery tickets.
Lottery reform failure undermines NCPO's credibility
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 03/11/2014
» The problem of overpriced lottery tickets was one of first to be tackled by the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) immediately after its takeover of the national administration on May 22. Other problems included overcharging by motorcycle taxis, illegal parking by passenger vans, illegal gambling, drug trafficking, and encroachment on forest reserves, public beaches and footpaths.
Whistleblower risks losing his way
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 06/03/2023
» Thanks to whistleblower Chuvit Kamolvisit for his latest exposure of a major online gambling network, allegedly operated by a police officer attached to the logistics department, popularly known as "Inspector Sua", the Central Investigation Bureau police on Friday launched coordinated raids at 63 targets in six provinces.
Common practice, maybe, but it's still nepotism
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 19/04/2016
» It's a classic case of shooting yourself in the foot and is currently the talk of the town on social media - how Gen Preecha Chan-o-cha gave his civilian son a job as an army officer, working for the 3rd Army Region.
New cabinet must now prove its worth
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 02/09/2014
» The private sector has given the thumbs-up to the economic team of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha led by MR Pridiyathorn Devakula, who was appointed deputy prime minister in charge of economic affairs.
Problems are being sorted with bewildering speed
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 07/07/2014
» It is in no-way overstating the fact that there has been a distinct odour to the way the pledged rice has been stored in many privately-owned warehouses and silos from the start of the infamous scheme three years ago. But the real problem is that all those people in the Yingluck government, from top to bottom, who were responsible for the scheme didn’t smell it.
Government's prospects are looking bleak
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 20/01/2014
» It appears the government is keen to blame everyone else _ among them the Election Commission and the People's Democratic Reform Committee _ for its broken promises to pay the farmers for their harvests pledged with the government since October, the beginning of rice pledging scheme for the 2o13-14 second crops.
Sympathise with farmers, not PM
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 10/02/2014
» 'I would like to tell the prime minister: You have children and so do I. When you wake up, your child has everything to eat, but my children have nothing to eat. There are two papaya trees at our home. The first tree has been stripped bare of all its fruit, which were turned into som tum. There is not even pla ra [fermented fish to make som tum] left. I don't know what to do next."